Ghosn’s wife slams Japan detention as ‘draconian’ in letter

Monday, 14 January 2019The wife of Nissan's former chairman Carlos Ghosn has written a letter to Human Rights Watch, a global advocacy group, criticizing her husband's long detention and Japan's criminal justice system as unfair and harsh. "My husband's is a case study in the realities of this draconian system," Carole Ghosn wrote in a nine-page letter Monday to the Tokyo branch of the organization. Carlos Ghosn was arrested Nov. 19 and has been charged with falsifying financial reporting in underreporting his income and with breach of trust in having Nissan Motor Co. shoulder his personal investment losses and make payments to a...

Business Insider reports a Tokyo District Court says it has turned down a request by Nissan's former chairman Carlos Ghosn's for release on bail. The move will prolong Ghosn's detention indefinitely. Ghosn was arrested on Nov. 19. He has been charged with falsifying financial reports in...

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